The taking over of the Four Courts in Dublin on this day 100 years ago was the key moment before the outbreak of Civil War when the Pro-Treaty side 2 months later, using British artillery, would fire upon their kin inside after pressure from the British Government over the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson.

Those at the Four Courts stated they were to defend the All-Ireland Republic proclaimed at Easter 1916 'against all enemies, foreign and domestic.' The leaders, Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Joe McKelvey and Richard Barrett, would be executed by the Free State by the end of the year. Ernie O'Malley was also a leader but escaped capture.

Above post is Philip O'Sullivan Beare, Nephew of Domhnall Cam Ó Súileabháin Bhéara (pictured in Spanish Armour), accounting the ethnic groups in Ireland in his 'Briefe relation of Ireland, and the diversity of Irish in the same [and] Priests in Ireland and Gentlemen gone abroad'

In it, you can clearly see the 'Viking, Celt, Norman' narrative breaks down. This is from ~1625 & in it there is a clear distinction as to what is a full blooded Gael and the great length he writes about Milesian ancestry to the Spanish King, that the 'mixt-Irish' don't enjoy that same privilege from their paternal lineages and that the English titles, though old enough, are still foreign and a system ran by England.

Philip wrote a lot about Ireland while exiled in Spain but only one part was translated 'The Catholic History of Ireland, which accounts Ireland under the Elizabethan era and Irish martyrs. His 'Natural History of Ireland' (pictured) was only translated in 2020 from Latin. There is another volume still to be translated

JRD (Twitter)

RT @LastGael: A perfect example on how power works in Ireland.

Media try to push through/manufacture an opinion, using so called experts (from the NGO sector and academics) and their own connections in order to do so.

Has your average Irish person ever asked/wanted hate speech laws? https://twitter.com/LastGael/status/1514632829610692617/photo/1